Bracelet.



No. 843,188. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

E. F. WILDE.

BRACELET.

APPLICATION FILED APB.27.1906.

WITNEEEES. INK/ENTER:

A 2" T HENRY:

rn: NoRRIs PETERS co.,

EBEN r. WILDE, or ATTLEBORO,

BORO MAyUFAoTUnn e COMPANY, or

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ATTLE- ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRACELET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 5, 1907,

Application filed April 27, 1906. Serial No. 313,993.

inner face of the combined connecting-link, and lug. 9 1s takenlengthwise through a looking at the back plate and a sectional viewcomplete unit.

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEN F. WILDE, a citi- 1 zen of the United States,residing at Attle- I bore, in the county of Bristol and State 01"invented a new and use- 1n the drawings, (1 indicates an expansibleBracelets, of which the bracelet composed of a plurality ofspringactuated units 1) I), each unit 1) consisting of a shellc, acombinedback plate and connectinglink (Z, a spring-retaining plate e,and a whipspring The shell 0 is stamped up from sheet metalMassachusetts, have ful Improvement in following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in bracelets, and moreparticularly to an improvement in bracelets coml posed of a plurality ofspring-actuated units.

The object of my invention is to improve l to form the sides 10 10, inwhich adjacent the construction of a bracelet composed of a t the endsof the shell are the slots 11 11, as plurality of spring-actuated units,whereby i shown in F ig. 5, for the stems of the connectthe parts aresimplified and strengthened and i ing-links. This shell 0 forms the bodyof the the cost of manufacturing the same reduced. 1 units and may be ofany design or configura A further object of my invention is to con tiondesired, struct an expansible bracelet of a plurality of l The combinedback plate and connectingunits, the spring action of which is more per-1 link (Z is stamped from sheet metal and feet than has heretofore beendone. shaped to form the back plate 12, having the My invention consistsin the peculiar and same configuration as the shell 0 and on its novelconstruction of an expansible bracelet outer face the convex centralpanel 13 and composed of a plurality of spring-actuated the broadU-shaped connecting-link 14, havunits, each unit consisting of a shellforming i th bar 15, representing the closed end of theibody of the unitand the face of the brace the U with the bent-up central finger 16 andlet, a back plate having a connecting-link the stems 17 17 representingthe arms of the extending through slots in the shell and U, all formedintegral, as shown in Fig. 8.

formed integral, a spring-retaining plate, and a whip-spring secured tothe plate in a position for a hooked finger on the connectinglink toengage with the free end of the spring,

The stems 17 17 where they join the back plate 12 are bent so as tobring the connecting link 12 between the spring retaining plate 6 andthe back plate 12 of the adjacent unit.

The spring-retaining plate e is stamped from sheet metal to have thesame configuration as the shell 0 and constructed to have the centralopening 18 for the finger 16 on the connecting-link, the raised end 19having the edge notch 20 oppositely disposed relative to the opening 18and the raised end 21, in which is the slot 22, as shown in Figs. 7 and9.

The whip-spring is formed of spring-wire and shaped to have thecomparatively straight body portion 23, with the curved hook-shaped end24 and the rounded end 25, merging into the spring-tongue 26, the freethe spring, plate, and connecting-link being secured in the shell byrolling the edge of the shell over the back plate,w ith details ofconstruction, as will be more fully set forth hereinatter and claimed.

Figure 1 is an edge view of an expansible bracelet composed of aplurality of my improved spring-actuated units and show ing the braceletin the contracted or normal position. Fig. 2 is a face view of thebracelet in the contracted position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailsectional view of the units looking from the face toward the back andshow ing the position the springs would assume to hold the units intheir normal or contracted position. Fig. 1 is an enlarged detailsectionalview similar to Fig. 3, shon ing the units in their expandedposition. l ig. 5 is a side view of the shell, showing the slots in theside the sprinf is secured to the retaining-plate e of the shell for aconnecting-link. 1 ig. 6 is by inserting the rounded end 25 into theslot a face view of the whip-spring. Fig. 7 is a 22 and the curved end24 into the notch 20 in l end of which extends approximately toward therounded end 24 and beyond the center of the spring, as shown in Fig. 6.

In assembling the units to form a bracelet plan view looking at theinner face of the apcsition to bring the spring-tongue 26 overspring-retaining plate. Fig. 8 is a plan view the opening 18 and theends 24 and 25 under the raised ends 19 and 21 of the plate, as shown inFigs. 3 and 9. The plate with the spring, is now placedin the shell 0,with the spring toward the face of the shell, the comy bined back plateand connecting-link d placed in position with the connecting-link 14over the spring-retaining plate 0, with the finger 1 6 0n the linkengaging with the spring-tongue 26 through the opening 18 in the plate,and the back plate of the next adjoining unit over the connecting-linkand the whole secured in position by rolling the edges of the shells c aover the edges of the back plate, as shown in Fig. 9. expanded bypulling the units apart against the tension of the spring-tongue 26. The

spring-tongue 26, abutting against the body portion 23 of the spring,limits the expansion of the units, as shown in Fig. 1. When re leased,the units assume their normal or contracted position, as shown in Fig.3, through the tension of the spring-tongues 26 26.

In forming the back plate 12 and connecting-link 14 integral it isevident that the connecting-link could be given any shape desired toconform to the configuration of a shell 0 without materially affectingthe spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a bracelet, a plurality of units, a back plateand connecting-link formed integral and adapted to unite the units, anda spring adapted to exert a spring tension on the connecting-links inthe units.

2. In a bracelet, a plurality of units, a back plate and connecting-linkformed integral and adapted to unite the units, a spring-re- Thebracelet can now be 1 taining plate in the units and a spring in theunits held by the plate in a position to exert a spring tension on theconnecting-links.

3. In a bracelet, a plurality of spring-ac- I tuated units, each unitconsisting of a shell having sides in which are slots, a combined backplate and connecting-link formed integral and adapted to unite the unitsthrough the slots in the shells, and a spring adapted r to exert aspring tension on the connecting- I link, whereby the units are held ina contracted position under spring tension, as dei scribed. 4. In abracelet, a plurality of spring-actuated units, each unit consisting ofa shell having sides in which are slots, a combined back plate andconnecting-link formed intel gral and adapted to unite the units throughi the slots in the shells, a spring-retaining j plate, and a spring heldby the plate and 1" adapted to exert a spring tension on theconnecting-link, whereby the units are held in a contracted positionunder spring tension, as

described.

5. In a bracelet composed of a plurality of units, a combined back plateand connectinglink d stamped from sheet metal and shaped to form theback plate 12 having the central l panel 13 and the connecting-link 14shaped l to form the bar 15 having the central finger 16 and theconnecting-stems 17 17 all formed integral, as described. In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 1two subscribing witnesses. f EBEN F. WILDE. Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

